Scot Peterson of the Broward County Sheriff’s Department is the most infamous man in America after it was revealed he cowered in a defensive position outside as the Valentines Day Massacre unfolded in Stoneman-Douglas High School ultimately taking the lives of 17 people.
Destroyed as a coward by both his boss and Trump there’s some details starting to emerge.
Faced with a disciplinary investigation he opted to retire. I’m guessing he moves to soon too. What was he thinking? Was he an under the radar Disgruntled Employee who never cared? He seemed to excel but he did have an Achilles Heel at work. A not so well-regarded pet project he was willing to get in trouble for and would advocate for despite his admission he could not quantify it.
It sounds like he wants people to just take his word for it and continue a program that cant be justified in his ‘Resident on Campus Security Plan’ . “An audit report will never show how much we prevent.” Yeah, how about that? He kept the kids from stealing Snickers and sodas out of the vending machines. It didn’t buy protection, it seems to only provide a deterrent through Presence of Law Enforcemnt in a given area. Sounds like this could have been all about getting as much overtime as possible. They truly would have been using a fraction of Peterson’s 30k in overtime to buy some better security cameras since we now know the ones they had were featuring a 20 minute delay in displaying the images. Basically he saw his rols as that of a Human ‘Ring Doorbell’.
Overtime was a substantial part of the now retired 33 year Broward Sheriff’s Department veteran’s pay.
It seems that Deputy Peterson was Broward’s version of the Lethal Weapon movies Sgt Murtagh, close to retirement and “too old for this shit”. Then again, Murtagh was brave.
I’m speculating about what will likely not get investigated now that he’s opted to retire – his self-justification in those moments might just have to do with an ongoing wage dispute in the form of the Resident on Campus Security Plan. It was a project close to his heart and it got him in trouble in 205 when he sent what seems like an insubordinate email about it. It also put him in front of the school board in 2015 trying to justify it. Did Peterson somehow influence the other three Broward Deputies who also failed to do their duty and cowered with him? Its eerily reminiscent of the questions raised after the Pulse Massacre in Orlando.
This seems to be the second time a Florida Polce Department was facing severe criticism over how their officer responded to a massacre. Lets just say the NYPD’s Bravery on 9-11 was nowhere in the Broward Sheriff’s Department. Most of their hierarchy should be fired. The people of Parkland will need plenty of time to regain their respect for their very reluctant guardians.
A Justice Department Investigation would be inevitable under any other administration, with Sessions as Attorney General though we just can’t be sure of anything.
It would be interesting and probably enlightening to know just how much his pet project contributed to hos total overtime.
Everyone’s right. Peterson is a coward and was a disgrace to the badge he wore. He also has cast tht badge with shame and splashed it with much more blood than there may needed to have been.
Here’s some quick facts about Peterson and his situation –
- A s of Friday his whereabouts are unknown
- originally from Illinois.
- 54 years old.
- Had spoken of himself in the past as an intrepid self-sacrificing peace officer.
- He’s been on the job with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office since 1985
- Has a Criminal Justice degree from Florida International University, the second largest college in Florida.
- hd at least two encounters with the Killer
- Ultimately was one of four police first responder’s under scrutiny for what amounts to freezing.
- Aced his last two performance reviews.
- Two years ago his salary was 77 thousand but with overtime its 101 thousand. This is also the time where he’s getting in trouble and fighting to keep the Resident On campus Security Program.
- He was nominated for Deputy of the Year and was School Resource Officer of the Year four years back. This is pretty chilling and really destroys the idea you can count on Good Guys With A Gun. He was highly decorated.
- in 2015 counseling was recommended by an Internal Affairs Review for what amounts to Bad Judgement and insubordination via an email where he criticized a supervisor. It doesnt seem to have effected his career.
- Had spoken often in defense of his pet project; The Resident on Campus Security Program (which was what he sent that Insubordinate email over)
- When speaking of the The Resident on Campus Security Program he put it like this- “An audit report will never show how much we prevent.” It looks like this may have been all about getting as much Overtime as possible and maybe people figured that out.
- Has the same name as evil Wife Killing Christmas Fisherman Scot Peterson, currently on California’s Death Row.
Scot Peterson defending his Rsident On Campus Security Program to the school board in 2015
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